Mr. Gardner, uh, my editors and I have been wondering if you would consider writing a book...
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Ron Steigler:
Mr. Gardner, uh, my editors and I have been wondering if you would consider writing a book for us, something about your um, political philosophy, what do you say?
Chance the Gardener:
I can't write.
Ron Steigler:
Heh, heh, of course not, who can nowadays? Listen, I have trouble writing a postcard to my children. Look uhh, we can give you a six figure advance, I'll provide you with the very best ghost-writer, proof-readers...
Chance the Gardener:
I can't read.
Ron Steigler:
Of course you can't! No one has the time! We, we glance at things, we watch television...
Chance the Gardener:
I like to watch TV.
Ron Steigler:
Oh, oh, oh sure you do. No one reads!
Transcript
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My editors and I have been wondering if you'd consider writing a book for us
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Something about your political philosophy What do you say
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I can't write Of course not Who can nowadays
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I have trouble writing a postcard to my children
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Look we can give you a six figure advance
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I'll provide you with the very best ghost writer proofreaders
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I can't read Of course you can't
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No one has the time
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We glance at things we watch television
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I like to watch TV
Clip duration: 35 seconds
Views: 94
Timestamp in movie: 01h 41m 42s
Uploaded: 29 October, 2022
Genres: comedy, drama
Summary: After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.
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00:16 This is just like television only you can see much further
00:09 Now move honky before I cut your white ass
00:05 He told me that he had been living there since he was a...
00:09 I don't even know what they look like
00:33 Yes ma'am
00:16 You ought to find yourself a lady Chance
00:10 Excuse me
00:13 I've seen this before
00:05 Walk Well yes hell yes Walk
00:09 Is a state of mind
00:08 I like to watch
00:33 In a garden growth has its season
00:35 It's for sure a white man's world in America
00:39 You know I've never met anyone like you in Washington...
00:12 Do you realize more people will be watching you tonight
00:21 It's that gardener Yeah Chauncey Gardiner
00:12 This won't hurt at all
00:05 That's a very small room
00:28 Bullshit
00:09 I don't want to hear anymore from you about that room...